Yun Zhongzi studied the fur and feathers, stroking his beard. "Interesting... These fossils must have come from the same place. This fur belonged to a White Tiger, and these feathers to a Phoenix. Perhaps long ago, they fought until both were gravely wounded. The Phoenix attempted Nirvana afterward, but failed and became a fossil. The White Tiger had no such means of rebirth. It died of its wounds and became a fossil too. What a shame. With so much time gone by, so little remains..."
That was Yun Zhongzi's guess as he put away the Phoenix feathers and White Tiger fur. Before this, he might not have cared about either. But he had found them inside fossils, and the thrill of discovering treasure made him keep them.
After putting them away, Yun Zhongzi looked at the fossils that had crumbled to ash and murmured, "A theory that could overturn the entire order of the Primordial World has appeared just like that. And Ren was the one who discovered it. Incredible."
With a faint smile, Yun Zhongzi turned toward the place where Ren was cultivating in seclusion.
Ren cultivated in seclusion to repair his damaged organs.
In his secluded chamber, Ren took out the Dragon-Subduing Wood and poured black Nihility Devouring Flame over it.
The black Nihility Devouring Flame had not yet transformed into Innate Divine Fire. Still, Ren's tempering with Spiritual Qi had strengthened it considerably.
Now, as it burned the Dragon-Subduing Wood, it absorbed the wood-aligned energy and Dragon Qi within it.
Ren drew that energy into his body. After refining it, he slowly channeled it into his liver and gallbladder.
The organs corresponded to the Five Elements. As Ren absorbed the five elemental energies, he could clearly feel the organs ravaged by Sword Aura growing stronger and